Barbarella Bar

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Barbarella Bar Opens in Silver Lake

Predicting the future is tough, but odds are it involves a 10-ounce martini or two.

Welcome to Barbarella
Bar, officially open tomorrow in Silver Lake.

The name might remind you of a certain attire-averse space heroine, but the owner admits she liked the sound
of the word more than the actual movie. So as a whole, the low-key bar isn't exactly a tribute to life in
40,000 A.D. But she did put her girls in bustiers.

It's not another velvet-rope scene, which is fine by you—just a come-as-you-are addition to your
Eastside arsenal with leather booths that already look lived in, a small firepit outside and, if you want
it, some Brown Rice Spaghetti or an organic burger.

And as for those martinis, on the long list you'll find a Ginger Cucumber and, for her, a Jane
Fonda (read: Cosmo). But there are also a couple dozen glistening kegs behind glass, filled with
everything from Allagash White to a Triple Karmeliet. (The only brew in a bottle is the
Chimay.) Before long, you can expect happy hour to start at 4pm.